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Transparentius road view system by Art Lebedev – a lifesaver concept?

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Renowned for innovative and out-of-this-world design behind products in the vein of the Optimus Maximus LED-based keyboard, design house Art Lebedev Studio has come up with a new road safety concept dubbed the Transparentius. How does it work?

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Combination Mac mini, coffeemaker and subwoofer stuck in an iMac

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Filed under: Hardware, Hacks, Odds and ends, iMac, Mods Have you ever wondered why the coffeemaker in your kitchen doesn't have a subwoofer attached to it? Us too! And if you're going to put a sub on there, you might as well include a Mac mini, right?

Nooks in time for Christmas! (if you pre-ordered it two months ago)

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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks, Household, Lifestyle Earlier in the week, it was reported that some people who pre-ordered their Nooks would not receive them by Christmas even though they were supposed to get them by November 30th.

Flexible camera concept by Art Lebedev

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Art Lebedev has brought out for us another novel concept, aside from the rather remarkable vision of the Transparentius.

Immersive next-gen gaming system merges virtual and real world

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For those of you out there who’ve gotten tired of Wii-style gameplay, not to mention mice and keyboards, this new-fangled immersive multiplayer gaming system created by a team of game designers of the National University of Singapore will be bound to shock your world, virtual or real.

500,000 Nooks by March, new orders due February

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As many as half a million of Barnes & Noble's Nook readers will reach the US within four months, southeast Asian tips said today.

Review: Aerial7 Sound Disk Beanie headphone-hat

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Short Version: The audio is only passable (at least at speed) and the fit questionable, but hey, these do just what they set out to do: put some headphones in a decent hat.Feels a little weird to plaster my face all over the front page like that, but hats without heads in them are even less...

Lego Model of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater

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As a kid, my favorite thing to build with Lego were houses, believe it or not. So I really wish that Lego had these ‘architecture’ sets back in the day, but now they do. Take the Frank Lloyd Wright house, Fallingwater. Here it is in stunning Lego detail. Fantastic.

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Ruik’s Cube Goes Electronic with a Touchscreen

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If you’re not interested in trying something completely new from Rubik (like the Rubik 360), but maybe want an upgrade on your 35-yr old Rubik’s Cube, then why not get the ‘electronic’ version? Yup, there is now a touchscreen Rubik’s Cube.

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FCC finds Verizon responses “troubling”

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The FCC in a response (PDF) today rebuffed Verizon's claims that its ETF rate hikes are necessary. Commissioner Mignon Clyburn in a public letter described Verizon's justifications for doubling early termination fees as "unsatisfying" and sometimes "troubling."

HBO releases iPhone app

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Filed under: Software, Freeware, Developer, iPhone, App Store HBO has released their very own app for the iPhone, and it's surprisingly deep for an app released by a premium cable channel.

Apple to hold tablet event January 26th?

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Apple's January event is slated for the 26th of that month, an alleged leak maintains today. The firm is believed to have rented out the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco to unveil a "major" product on January 26th.

Telefonica buys out VoIP provider Jajah

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European telecommunications and cable provider Telefónica on Wednesday announced is has purchased VoIP (Voice over IP) provider Jajah for cash equivalent to about $208 million. Jajah offers its services in nearly 200 countries and its customer base numbers in the millions.

Panasonic battery could power your home for a week

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Section: Gadgets / Other, Green, Household, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous Panasonic recently acquired an over 50% stake in Sanyo and one of the cool things they inherited from it is the opportunity/technology to manufacture a lithium-ion battery that could store enough power to keep your household...

Viliv prepping N5 UMPC with Windows 7 for CES

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Viliv on Wednesday teased its plans for next month's CES with word it will introduce two devices at the Las Vegas show. The N5 will be its most advanced notebook-style UMPC and should pack a very dense 4.8-inch, 1024x600 screen along with 3G and GPS.

LG Prada III will get Android, arrive at Sprint?

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The Prada II handset from LG may soon be replaced by a third version that may use Android. According to LG, the new Prada will have new hardware to match its improved software, for better overall performance.

Buy a Kindle, get free one-day shipping

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Just saying… [Amazon]

Colored showers with LED Shower Head

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This LED shower head will bring new note into usual procedure and will complement any bathroom. Can be used as an unusual, affordable, great gift to anyone. With water temperature rise the color also changes automatically.

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CES 2010: Viliv to launch the clamshell-styled N5

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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers CES is now less than two weeks away, and forgetting the holidays, I am like a kid staring into a candy store window right about now.

Creator codes make a comeback in Snow Leopard with LaunchCodes

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Filed under: Software, Cool toolsIn Mac OS X (and back into OS 9 history), a creator code is a hidden value attached to a document and bound to a preferred application, allowing the OS to know which application to use for opening that file.

Nexus One test: faster, better screen than iPhone

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Google's Nexus One phone has been given a detailed if early test today that suggests it may be the definitive Android device.

Panasonic to bring storage batteries for the home

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Panasonic is planning on bringing the first lithium-ion battery for storing energy required to run a home, the company's president said in a recent interview with a Japanese daily newspaper.

Adidas Turns the Sneaker Into an Augmented Reality Device

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Can’t find your Nintendo DS? Try one of the new Adidas sneakers instead. Adidas has created a virtual 3-D world that can be accessed using an upcoming line of five men’s sneakers in an idea that ties into one of the technology trends of the year: augmented reality.

Panasonic and Sanyo are planning to create new storage battery

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That is great to be totally undependable from traditional energy sources, but unfortunately for a while it is a questionable matter, though slowly we are moving forward. Panasonic together with Sanyo brought to the light some plans how to fix this problem.

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CableCARD should be replaced by ‘gateways,’ say TiVo, Sony

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At least two major electronics manufacturers, TiVo and Sony, have submitted a similar idea for a standard that would replace the aging CableCARD standard.

Droid hacked to enable tethering over Wi-Fi

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An online guide on the DroidForums has popped up that reveals how to enable Wi-Fi tethering functionality for the Motorola Droid smartphone. The feature is not otherwise available, and a user on the forums has built and shared a custom image of Android 2.0.1 to enable it.

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